Yesterday’s post talked about my horror experience with white-stemmed gum moth caterpillar cocoon. That wasn’t the only time I came across the caterpillar. We had a gorgeous gum tree in the front of our yard. Unfortunately the previous owners planted it too close to the retaining wall and driveway and the shallow roots of the…
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Attack of the caterpillar
I saw some caterpillars today and it reminded me of the time one attacked… Five years ago, I was geocaching with a friend while taking my dog for a walk. We’d found the cache and my friend removed the camouflage. I signed the log, replaced the cache and put the camouflage back. BUT I held…
Bulb update #2
I thought I’d update you on how my bulbs are going (you can read about my previous spring bulb posts here and here). I planted anemone and ranunculi in a garden bed that is north facing, so it’s had a lot of winter sun over the last couple of months. More than the other bulbs.…
Bulb update
If you remember, around Easter I posted about planting over 250 bulbs. I was worried after all that work I would get to spring and nothing. So I am very excited to be able to say I have sprouting bulbs! At least I will have some flowers come spring. Time will tell how many. The…
Semester 2
Today is the first day of semester 2 in the school year. After the covid-ridden crash and burn of semester 1, I’m really hoping this is will be a better semester. The mid-year holiday (2 weeks) is a nice break because the Barbarians have no school work to do over these holidays (the term holidays…